digit span
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdigitandspan
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digit
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪdʒ.ɪt/us/ˈdɪdʒ.ɪt/
any one of the ten numbers 0 ...
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span
adjective
uk/spæn/us/spæn/
→ spick and ...
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(Definition ofdigitandspanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The current research did not investigate the relationship between wordlikeness ratings anddigitspandirectly.
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We note thatdigitspanis only one of many measures of working memory, and that other measures are likely to be important as well.
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The reversedigitspantask was identical except that the children had to repeat the sequence of the digits in the reverse order.
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Thedigitspangives an indication of the capacity of the individual's phonological loop component.
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Correlations between thedigitspanscore and performance on each of the conditions of the phoneme substitution task indicated different patterns for the two groups.
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Moreover, when nonword repetition anddigitspanwere also controlled, phoneme identity still accounted for a small but significant variation (3%) in vocabulary.
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Furthermore, thedigitspanwas not smaller when shadowing than when listening.
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Diagnostic accuracy and test-retest reliability of nonword repetition anddigitspantasks administered to preschool children with specific language impairment.
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Therefore, in this study adigitspantask was used as a measure of working memory.
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We assessed memory skills by administering a simple verbaldigitspanand a reading span task.
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Readers did better than nonreaders on all tasks except four (oral repetition of short and long words, short nonwords,digitspan).
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Correlation between pronunciation speed anddigitspansize.
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The tasks were presented in the following order: picture recall, phoneme substitution, anddigitspan.
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Working memory was assessed usingdigitspanbackwards and block span backwards.
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On reversedigitspan, the subject was asked to repeat the digits in reverse order.
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However, the relatives showed spared performances in both thedigitspanbackward and alphabet span conditions in comparison with the controls.
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Fifty students were also tested with a backwarddigitspantest, measuring their working memory capacity.
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As in thedigitspantask, an increasing sequence was used, with two sequences of two to seven movements being used.
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Hisdigitspanbefore he began deliberate practice at memory tasks was recorded as 15 items and other evidence supported this estimate.
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